Income Inequality
New $65M legal center hopes to be game changer for Philly’s poor
The Equal Justice Center will be a one-stop-shop for low-income residents to get help from Philly’s civil legal aid community.
6 years ago
Why racial disparities in asthma are an urban planning issue
African-Americans are three times more likely to die from asthma as whites.
6 years ago
What’s it like to be homeless in Philly? This podcast takes you there
“Heard” features stories from people who’ve lived on the street.
6 years ago
Powell: Policies needed to address slowdown in income growth
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Thursday the United States needs to find ways to address a decades-long slowdown in income growth and upward economic mobility.
6 years ago
Why being a first-generation college student is uniquely hard
Your parents are still the biggest indicator of how successful you'll become.
Air Date: May 6, 2019
Listen 12:32Philadelphia theater companies experiment with pay-what-you-want pricing
Theater companies are reaching out to lower-income patrons with alternative ticketing models.
6 years ago
Listen 2:04Critiquing Kenney: For North Philly residents, everyday problems overshadow politics
The name Jim Kenney didn’t inspire much emotion around Fairhill and Strawberry Mansion. People are focused on worries that never seem to change no matter who's in City Hall.
6 years ago
Listen 9:19Philly housing costs rising faster for poor and middle class than for the wealthy
Housing costs are growing for low-income renters but not higher-income renters and homeowners, worsening income inequality in the Philadelphia region and nationally.
6 years ago
Elizabeth Warren unveils $640 billion college debt forgiveness plan
The Massachusetts senator says the proposal unveiled Monday would eliminate almost all student loan debt for 42 million Americans.
6 years ago
Mail for the homeless: A local lifeline for people off the grid
Since 2010, Broad Street Ministry has served as a kind of post office for people experiencing homelessness. Those who comes in can claim the ministry’s address as their own.
6 years ago
Why and how 11 Trump states raised the minimum wage, explained
Here’s a look at the path to minimum wage increases in other reddish states.
6 years ago
Delaware food bank opens expanded facility to help meet needs of 114,000
The Food Bank of Delaware expands ability to help more than 114,000 residents in the state who struggle with food insecurity.
6 years ago
More inventors, more renters: Four surprising takeaways from Pew’s annual report on Philly
Pew’s ‘State of the City’ report reads like Philly’s annual physical, clocking growth, successes, and struggles over the past 10 years.
6 years ago
Saying goodbye to EAT Café: Philly’s first pay-what-you-can restaurant to close
Drexel’s pay-what-you-can restaurant is going out of business.
6 years ago
The high cost of good child care
We explore the rising cost of child care -- why quality daycare is so difficult to find and how to make it more affordable.
Air Date: April 11, 2019 10:00 am
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